Health
Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink
Hospital manager implores doctors to show up for duty
News | 21 May 2020
Patients at Mfuleni Day Hospital get medication through the fence
“I thought they were joking” says patient
Brief | 20 May 2020
New HIV prevention injection shown to be very effective
“Cabotegravir dosed every two months can successfully reduce HIV acquisition in at-risk MSM and transgender women”
By James Stent
News | 18 May 2020
Leading SA health experts warn that Covid-19 response is hurting other health priorities
Children are suffering increasingly from preventable infectious diseases, including TB and measles, due to missed vaccinations
Linda-Gail Bekker, Valerie Mizrahi, Ntobeko Ntusi, Tom Moultrie, Tracey Naledi, Mark Hatherill, Debbie Bradshaw, Rob Dorrington, Robin Wood
Opinion | 17 May 2020
Health workers disrupt wards over lack of protection
“The Superintendent-General was here two weeks ago and he promised to deliver to the cries of the employees”
Brief | 15 May 2020
Overcrowded Dunoon battles rising Covid-19 cases
No social distancing and health workers protest after colleagues test positive
News | 15 May 2020
How we are dealing with Covid-19 in care homes
We are doing our best in difficult circumstances but we need more assistance from the Department of Social Development
By Leon Geffen
Opinion | 14 May 2020
Union and nurses demand staff be isolated while awaiting Covid-19 test results
Health department appeals to Eastern Cape clinic staff to return to work
Brief | 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Nurses stop work in Eastern Cape town after one tests positive
Department says it will clean the facility and test staff at Dutywa Health Centre
Brief | 12 May 2020